One ounce of oil-roasted, salted peanuts contains 4.3 g of Omega 6 fatty acid, and only a trace of Omega 3 fatty acid.

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05-19-2007, 04:49 AM

Braingasm

Flax oil is apparently the best source of all essential omega fatty acids. Drawback is you have to keep it refrigerated, and can’t use it in cooking.

05-19-2007, 05:07 AM

kingpole

Originally Posted by Braingasm

Flax oil is apparently the best source of all essential omega fatty acids. Drawback is you have to keep it refrigerated, and can’t use it in cooking.

How about safflower oil, sunflower oil, canola oil,olive oil? How do they stack up with omega 3’s in mind?

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05-19-2007, 05:42 AM

vkn1

Flax does not have as good balance of DHA vs EPA as fish oil does. That’s why fish oil is the ideal source of omega 3. But certainly it’s a good idea to eat flax too. But not all Omega 3 oils are equal. Some components of the group are harder to get than others and that’s where fish really shines

Last edited by vkn1 : 05-19-2007 at 05:48 AM.

05-19-2007, 06:20 AM

kbvk

Originally Posted by mgus

kbvk,

in one of the long fish oil threads I’ve posted links to percentage of various toxins in fish oil brands - note that since cod are predators, the build-up of mercury, PCB and so on is higher in cod liver oil than in fish oil (pressed meat). I personally would take warning.

Thanks for the information, mgus.

05-19-2007, 08:23 AM

mgus

The vegetable oils are excellent - for the heart. But it’s the EPA&DHA that has the good effects that I want. Linolenic acid (I think that’s the name) in the vegetable oils is rebuilt in the body to EPA, but at a very low rate. A very large Finnish study showed that people that shifted basically all their dietary intake of fat to flaxseed etc had an increase of EPA equivalent of eating a salmon steak once or possibly twice a week. Not negligeble, but not enough for anything but more than “general health” purposes.

The “Fish oil brands” and “Benefits of fish oil” threads are the Mother of all Fish Oil threads. A good overview of research is found at www.oilofpisces.com

regards, mgus

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05-19-2007, 01:03 PM

UberGoober

I prefer fish oil to flax…based on some limited research I have done there are MANY more concerns about the balance of the Omega 3,6,9s…plus, I am a carnivore at heart and like knowing what I consume came from something else living.